On Sunday, an Aeroméxico flight from Torreón to Mexico City had to make a quick pit stop to eject a rowdy passenger who couldn’t handle the stress of traveling. That passenger? An unidentified snake that started slithering all over the place in the overhead compartment, completely ignoring the illuminated “fasten seat…

Genise Ruidiaz, a contortionist and dancer, was slated to perform in Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" routine at the VMAs while holding a live boa constrictor. The snake idea was scrapped before the live show, however, because it BIT RUIDIAZ DURING REHEARSAL WITH ITS BIG SNAKE MOUTH. And then the replacement snake bit a…

A British boa constrictor has had two "virgin births" sans mate — despite multiple male suitors. The 22 offspring, all female and caramel-colored, are genetically unique: "Essentially they are half clones of their mother," says one researcher.

An image of a snow leopard in India from National Geographic was named Best Overall Photo in the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Steve Winter, who took the shot, says, "This is the hardest story I have ever done because of the altitude and the steepness of the mountains. At night it was 30 below…